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♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >> the top stories we are following this morning, police are investigating the deaths of a 24 year-old woman who fell from a high rise building. >> the manhunt for a former l.a. cop suspected of killing three people continues this morning. we will have the latest details on the search coming up. >> i have some news for you for the backup bad is on the bay bridge. i will look to see a fight to show to the cal trans camera. the westbound ride is solid
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always to the incline section. the right lane with the big rig was stopped that may have caused a motorcycle accident has been cleared. we still have the two middle lies that are still blocked outside of the island. the emergency crews are on the scene. this back up is likely that we will not see this clear very soon. you need to that about an alternate way to get around. the richmond san rafael bridge would be a good alternate for you. there is a problem at 280 that is backing things up on 680 south bound. >> right now we are talking about what is being called a storm of the season. a mass of a blizzard is expected to
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bear down on the north east today. 23 million people are under a blizzard warning. boston to get up to 3 ft. of snow, while new york city is expected 10 to 14 in.. to the south, philadelphia was looking at a possible two to 5 in.. the snow is expected to start friday morning with the heaviest amounts cummingtonite into tomorrow morning. the snow could block some residents indoors for days, as the forecast calls for a potentially historic winter storm. dingto gk up on the essentials like milk, bread and batteries. it is also leaving a huge impact on travel. >> i just got off to phone with the duty manager and he stated that there have been flights that have been canceled. boston has had
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three flights canceled and then this block to york jfk, they have six of slides that have also been canceled. philadelphia is on time but that still may change. we are talking about the arrival times. we are way ahead into the future but according to the duty manager they are doing this just to make sure that people are not caught off guard. 39 departures and 18 arrivals. at terminal 1 at united they are rebuilding their passengers. they have a lot of scrambling going on. >> storm tracker 4 is not as
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lit up as it was yesterday. the showers are starting to taper off. is still may be a little ways. the bayshore freeway and interstate 280 through menlo park. we're also seeing showers in the south bay and it has since passed the downtown area. it is now making its way to ever bring. i will talk about conditions coming up in my next report. >> it is now 7 04 a.m.. authorities remained on high alert this more and as tor christopher and dorner, the former cop who is accused in a string of shootings in the loss angeles area. the latest update on the search, it has continued into the sand and bernadine and mounswat teams have been walking the area near the big bear ski resort,
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searching for the former lapd officer. dorner is suspected of killing three people and what it's been described as a violent vendetta against l.a. police. >> dornedorner is a former navy reservist who was fired from the lapd in 2008. the search is focused and the southern california mountains because his burned pickup truck was filed in the area guest today. today is the first press conference of day that will begin at 9:00 a.m.. >> we are also following a developing story out of san jose. a 24 year-old woman is
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dead after she fell overnight from a high rise. if this happened around 3:00 it st. james street and san pedro in downtown san jose. the corner has removed her body from the scene. the woman fell down and 11th floor balcony at the city heights condo complex. right now investigators are interviewing witnesses to try to figure out how this happened. >> autopsy results from a triple murder that was in sonoma county are expected to be released today. three men were fatally shot at a home in the forestville area on tuesday. they were waiting for someone who was on to sell them a large amount of marijuana. the victims are richard lewin, raleigh butler and tood
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klarkowski. a brother of one of the victims and his girlfriend found the bodies. they are not suspected of being involved in the marijuana deal. some process marijuana was found at the scene but there was no weapons. >> new this morning, a power company says it the super bowl blackout was caused by a faulty device that had been installed to prevent cables and lead to the super dome from felling. here is video from outage. company officials say that the device did not have any problems during january's superbowl or other earlier events. the device has since been removed. company officials plan to install replacement equipment. the power failure cut lights to about half of the stadium for 34 minutes and halted played on the game. >> we will be right back.
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>> there is a major hot spot on the bay bridge. the traffic is all along the bridge. there are two lies
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that are blocked due to a motorcycle accident. the big rig that may have caused the accident has been told off. you need to take alternate routes. >> where are sliding back over the 14 mark like we did last week. the dow is up 14,004. we topped off at the 14,000 mark before the financial markets. we are back up. >> it looks like the bush family e-mail accounts have been had. the secret service is investigating the publication of busch family e-mail's and photon of earphotographs. a spokesman for
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former president george h. w. bush said that the criminal investigation is under way and there is " not much else to say. " >> we will be right back.
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>> welcome back we are watching a hot spot on the bay bridge. there is a mass of back of due to a motorcycle accident. >> as we look at the toll plaza the thing to notice is that there is no movement. even in the right hand lane that are considered the carpool lanes. they are also backed up as far as we can see. 880 is also jammed up. traffic is that it complete standstill on the incline section. there >> the motorcycle went down and hit some debris from the big rig. i just got word from chp that all the lanes
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have been open on the upper deck of the bay bridge. >> all to the rules would be the san mateo bridge. also the richmond san rafael bridge to the golden gate bridge would also be a good alternate route. i think this backlog will be with us for a while. this camera is showing movement a again so we will switch back. this is what it looks like if you're headed to that way. it will be a while for this to clear. we have also had a problem in the south bay and northbound to 80 there was an accident that block to lanes of traffic. it has cleared but the traffic is backed up toward 85 on 1 01 north. >> before we get to a erica
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let's talk about the north east whole is in the way for a big storm. this is a stock pile of salt that they are getting ready for. the piles of the salt are here because they want to make sure that roads are clear. they are still telling people not to travel and to just stay home. boston is going to be in the eye of the storm. they are very concerned. there is about 50 million people who will be affected by this storm. they stated that it may be white out conditions and there have been schools that have closed as well as flights that have been canceled. >> this is going to our arrive later on today so
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late morning to the evening hours and then when you wake up tomorrow morning. this is the deal on satellite and radar. this will be the conversion of two storms. and there will be a lot cool air that will be associated with it. those two will merge together around the boston area and this may be the storm of the century. this may be about 3 ft. of snow. in addition to the snowfall the wind speeds are expected to increase. this is typically associated with the wins and the like hurricane conditions. that will be of to probably 70 mi. per hour. this will also affect public transit and we do expect power lines and trees to be affected. >> the purple on your screen
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indicates this it will be blizzard warnings. north of boston along the coast that will have flooding as a possibility. this storm is short-lived especially compared to storms of the past. this will push off the east as we head into sunday. this is something that we will continue to monitor and in the meantime will go to our local weather. >> it is currently raining along paul i'll tell. at the green indicates that where we are seeing light rain. it has pushed south of san jose. in the past 24 hours s f all receive a lot rain.o recee
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temperatures right now are in the 30's and the 40's. it will be mid '50s as we head into the afternoon. >> your kron 47 day stay is that it will base sunshine with nice dry weather for the weekend but also as we start the next work week. by next midweek the temperatures will be in the mid 60's. >> following our developing story out southern california. the men hunt continues this morning for christopher dorner, the former cop who was accused in a string of shootings and the loss angeles area. the latest update on the search. it has continued into the san bernadine no mountains. swat teams have been walking the area near big bear ski resort, searching for the former lapd officer. dorner
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is accused of killing three people in what is being described as a violent vendetta against l.a. police. >> dorner is a former navy reservist who was fired from the lapd in 2008. the search is focused in the southern california mountains because his burned pickup truck was found in the area yesterday. today's a first press conference of state will begin at 9:00 this morning. >> we are also watching gas prices this morning as california has gone over the $4 mark. although analysts say that we will not be reaching the $4.67 since march that we hit last october. the state average right now is $4.10 for a regular gallon of gas. we have not hit the $4 market in the bay area but we are getting close. here is a
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look at the averages. in san francisco, we are sitting at $3.99 a gallon, that is of 2¢ from yesterday. in oakland, they're sitting at $3.92. in san jose they have a there gas at $3.95 for a gallon, they're also up 2¢ from yesterday. >> starting tonight at 7:00 p.m.. a temporary single lane closure at the richmond san rafael bridge toll plaza will be in effect. the closure is taking place to allow caltran to install a new automatic toll allow caltran to install a mom, i invited justin over for lunch. good. no, not good. he's a vegetarian and he's going to be here in 20 minutes! [ mom ] don't stress. ♪ [ male announcer ] get the speed to make a great first impression. call today to get u-verse high speed internet for as little as $14.95 a month for 12 months
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>> welcome back. all lanes are now open and the traffic is running at 40 minutes out of the macarthur mayes. you need to use an alternate route like the san mateo bridge where traffic is pretty light in the westbound direction. you can also use the san franciscgoldene bridge. all their lands are clear but this bridge will not clear for some time. >> it is 7:25 a.m.. a new
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poll out of this morning's the show new jersey governor chris christie's approval rating is slowing, it is now is 73%. the republican governor is not just popular among his own party. the majority of independents and democrats surveyed also approve of the job kristi is doing. while approval ratings of the handling of super storm sandy are high, the poll found voters were split on his handling of the economy. that is the issue most voters are concerned about right now. >> boeing is planning to start test flights as soon for the 787 dream liners. the company says that this will allow it to look at the in-flight performance of their planes and batteries. the faa grounded the dream liner fleet last month because of issues with this
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lithium ion battery malfunctions. boeing says it is working round-the-clock to fix the problem so that their planes can get back in the air. >> the ntsb is looking at expanded a small recall of pontiac and gmc 6 midsize cars so it includes up to 550,000 vehicles. general motors recall about 8000 cars in 2009 because the bright lights and cruise control did not work properly. the recall affected only cars made in january of 2005. now the federal agency says it is studying whether cars from 2005 through 2009 models years should also be added to the recall. no crashes or injuries have been reported from the problem. >> we will be right back.
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a.m.. off the top stories we are following this friday morning. new england is bracing for a a northeaster storm that is expected to dump multiple feet of snow on the area. that storm is canceling flights all over the country. if this is affecting some 59 flights in and out of s f o. the search is also still on for next loss angeles police officer. we'll have details on the search and the investigation coming up. >> authorities remain on high alert this morning as the search continues for christopher dorner, a former cop accused of a string of shootings in the loss angeles area. the latest update on the search, it has
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continued into the senate bernadine no mountains. he is accused of killing three people and including one officer. they stated that this is a vendetta that he posted on facebook. he was fired from the lapd in 2008. they stated that ever since this happened he has had a grudge. today is a press conference will be today and they will have new information and that is set at 9:00 a.m.. we will keep track of that. >> our other stories that we are following this morning. the northeastern storm could also affect your flight out of s f o this morning. hundreds of cancellations are expected. we have will tran live from s f o with
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more. >> you should call ahead because you could get stranded. some flights are on time but that may change. we are sitting at 59 cancellations. here is video from united that we receive. you concede that the people are waiting in line at this particular airline. the reason is because people were canceled today and they're also people are rushing to get to the rebut in line.book their flights. >> i came here to see if i can move a little bit earlier than sunday night. i have to be a work at 9:00 a.m. on monday morning. it
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will be a little tight. >> are you hoping for tomorrow? >> yes. it will be much better than what i have now. >> everyone is scrambling to get to the airport to do the exact same thing. new york has already canceled some of their flights. according to the duty manager the reason they are doing this is because the what to make sure that people are not caught off guard. if you should keep in mind that if you are still headed to some of the warmer areas you still should call them. in. >> we will start with our hot spot at the bay bridge. >> thousands of people are impacted by this bay bridge problem.
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>> you can see that even though it has been clear for 15 minutes the upper deck is still seeing very little moment. this is one good sign. the carpool lanes are moving okay. >> if you are at home and looking at this you take another route? >> yes. you can go the san mateo bridge where the traffic is still door and well. the mimic freeway is pretty light at 92. the golden gate bridge is very light this morning and so is 1 01 southbound. you have to take the richmond center phil bridge to get there. >> this accident happened in the 6:00 a.m. hour but it was out there for 45 minutes and this was long enough to back it up. this is completely jammed from the
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toll plaza. we do not expect this to dissipate no time soon. they do have of the metering lights on perry ed i will have more on this coming up. >> the clause are starting to break up that we are starting to see breaks of sunshine. there is some activity that is still outside. we also saw some light rain in ever greater morgan hill area. it just depends on where you are located. the showers are tapering off. satellite and radar does not show much on the back can perry ed it will be partly cloudy skies and the temperatures will be in the mid-50s. >> it is 7:35 a.m.. a vigil will be held tonight for the
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13 year-old girl genelle conway-allan. the team was found dead and as fairfield park last week. police in fairfield are working with the authorities to investigate whether the case of the team that was murdered could be linked to another murder case from last year. the body of jessica funk haslam was discovered in apart in rows my nearly a year ago. 50 mi. away from the fairfield park. >> pleasant hill three men are wanted and the connection ave home invasion robbery. at the two victims stated that the suspect park their wide as to be in front of their driveway. this was about 11:30 a.m.. they stated that all three men jumped out and talk over
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this fence panicking and he was passed a what. all three of these men had handguns. they had about $30,000 worth of items. >> we will take a quick break and here is a live check at the hot spot at the bay bridge. there was a motorcycle is that when down. when we come back we will go live to new orleans for that will have a press conference to why the power went out at the super bowl. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched.
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>> happening now, representatives of energy in new orleans and are going to provide a report on the cause of the outage at the super bowl perry ed a. power co. says of the super bowl blackout was caused by a faulty device that had been installed to prevent the cables and leading to the super dome from felling. the company officials say that
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the device did not have any problems born january 6t or of r events. the device has since been removed. company officials plan to install replacement equipment. the power failure cut lights to about half of the stadium for 34 minutes and halted the plate during the game. >> the number of americans that are age 65 and older with alzheimer's is expected to triple by 2015. according to a new study, 13.8 million will have the disease by then. researchers say that this study draws attention to an urgent need for more research, treatment and preventative strategies to reduce this epidemic. alzheimer's, is the leading cause of dementia that now affects more than 5 million americans and 38 million people worldwide. >> people who consumed deep-
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fried foods and sugary drinks are more likely to suffer a stroke. a new study find that the southeast is the nation's stroke belt. researchers say that blacks were five times more likely than whites to have southern dietary patterns links with the higher stroke risk. blacks and whites who live in the south were more likely to eat this way that people in other parts of the country. people who at about six meals a week featuring these the sorts of foods had a 41% higher stroke risk than people who ate that way about once a month. >> we will take a quick break, but first we have a programming reminder. you can watch dr. phil after the kron 4 morning news at 10:00 a.m.. on today's episode a man and his wife say that they sleep with a gun because his mother hates his
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southbound is problem free down to the span. >> we have hardly any showers right now. storm tracker 4 is mainly dry. as we turn our attention to the numbers. it is 31 degrees below the freezing mark in santa rosa. it is 44 degrees out the door in hayward. we are talking about mid '50s and to the afternoon. these are your eyes.highs. if you are heading up to tahoe they may get 3 in. of snow. your high may be above the freezing mark. overnight it will get pretty chilly. your kron 47 day around the bay shows that it will be dry weather and clear conditions as we head into the middle of next week. >> happy friday to you gary
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perry ed >> the same for you and the entire staff at kron. >> whoever called this kid right in the nicest kid he said good morning. >> i told him to call you serve and to never looked you in the eyes. >> when you are a performer everyone looks set to. everybody wants a piece of you. it is better. >> it is tough. >> tell me about this contract with the mariners. >> just off the top of my head there are very few guys
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to understand the money. the money is there is just that if you were to squeeze money out of me i just would prefer that says this guy has been retired for five years. i will bring again bonds or derrick jeter. >> he plays every day. a pitcher works every sixth day. >> i hear what you are same perry ed i was looking at the pride of vallejo. it worked well for them for four years and you kind ago that these guys may have problems and they may give you a few good seasons then what? >> this guy is going to win if he has a fabulous year. this is if he wins a least 18 games. and they got a
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million dollars to win. how much do i know. an everyday guy who eskimos is want to play for you at a hundred and 55-is this is one thing. but a pitcher who won a place once every fifth today. i think this is too much money. >> i have some new aid to show you from colin kaepernick. i did not realize this. he has new tattoos. he is proud of it. he is even tweet seen it.ing it >> it is hard to knock this guy. he was a straight a student at his paris stated
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that he was a wonderful kid. she is one of the most exciting players in the game. he likes for people to look at him i guess. >> his back is all done. >> this is definitely a demographic they appear rething >> i guess because i'm older, this is just not my thing. >> this is exactly what he
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said because he stated that he could hear my voice when he watches the new laws but he never sees me. i do not have to get dressed or were make up. >> connelly's ariu she is 59 years old. you
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say that we are done. i say that when you are all you learn something new. >> connelly's a rise she will talk about world affairs, i won a seat in the front row. i want to be in the front row. if she's playing golf, i could care less. >> how all about i rarely seen a dedicated professional bleed on their air and continue to show perry ed >> there was a hockey game and this guy took the puck to the face. his nose is bleeding and he gets treated on bay area he kept on playing.
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>> still ahead on kron 4 morning news. we will have the latest on flight cancellations. we're also watching a major hot spot on the bay bridge. there is a huge backup. we will be on the bay bridge. there is a huge backup. we will be right back. don't wait for presidents' day to save on a new mattress. on the bay bridge. there is sleep train's. we will be presidents' day sale is on now. save up to $500 on beautyrest and posturepedic. get a sealy queen set for just $399. even get 3 years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic.
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>> the top stories we are following this morning. the manhunt for a former l.a. cops suspected of killing three people continues this morning. we will have the latest on the intense search for him. >> a new overnight
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development in the south bay. a woman falls to her death from a high rise building. we will have details coming up. >> we are still jammed on all the bridge approaches. when we last updated the drive time it was up to 45 minute. that has changed and this is a dramatically different. it is down to 36 minutes. it is 45 minutes if you're coming out the macarthur mayes. it is about 20 minutes if you are coming from the mimic freeway. if you do not want to deal with these backups your alternate would be to use the san mateo bridge where their conditions are great. there are just 11 minutes. it is also an easy ride to the
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interstate 92 interchange. you can also get on 1 01 southbound. >> right now we are talking about what is being called a storm of the citizseason. a mass of blizzard is expected to bear down on the northeast to that. 23 million people under a blizzard warning. boston to get up to 3 ft. of snow, while new york city is expecting 10 to 14 in.. to the south, philadelphia was looking at possible to 5 in.. the heaviest amounts are coming tonight and tomorrow morning. the forecast calls for a " potentially historic winter storm. " the warnings are sending people to grocery stores to stock up on
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essentials like milk, bread and batteries. it is also leaving a huge impact on travel. >> i just got off the phone with the managers. they have about 60 flights that have been canceled. new york as far as this area is the hardest hit. boston is not also doing very well. they have had three cancel flights and that may change as the morning progresses. there are thinking way into the future. here is video that we receive from united airlines. many people are rushing to the airport after they got notice that their flights were canceled. they are looking to see if they can beat the storm. they are coming down here is to see if they can push their flights to saturday morning
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or sunday morning. we are not just talking about new york embossed set this is also affecting people that are also going to europe. >> i hope it does not take this much time. i hope i can receive a later flight to new york. >> is your hotel still here? what happens if you have to stay? >> i do not have an idea perry e. i am not worried about that. >> it breaks down to 40 departures that were canceled and 20 are rivals. i asked the duty manager what they could do so people do not come out here and then there are ready to go. they stated that the best thing for you to do is to call the airline before you leave your home. they stated
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that it is not the airline's fault if your ride here and you are not aware. they stated that the person that is want to be getting on the plane should be the one calling to see what is going on due to the weather. >> we do not see anyone that was sleeping overnight. there were people rushing to the countess try to see if that rescheduled. they are a little bit closer to new york and boston. >> it is not san francisco's fog. we have had some wets rose this morning. they were talking about the takeoffs
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and airlines. >> we will go with a lot a cloud cover with the rain. it will get sunday. as we take a look at what is in store for the afternoon. the clouds will be partly cloudy. tomorrow will be warmer with debt chancel upper 60s. we do have one on weather ahead of us. i will have a full detail coming up. >> we are following the latest with the authority is remaining on high alert this morning as a search continues for christopher and dorner, the former cop who is accused in a string of shootings and loss angeles. off the latest update on the search, it has continued into the san bernadine and mountains. swat teams have been walking the area near the big bear ski resort, searching for the former lapd officer. >> dorner is a former navy
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reservist who was fired from the lapd in 2008. the search is focused in the southern california mountains because his burnt pickup truck was found in the area. >> new overnight outside a san jose. a 24 year-old woman is dead after she fell from a high rise building. it happened around 3:00 at the st. james street and san pedro and downtown san jose. the corner has removed her body from the scene. if the woman fell from 11th floor balcony at the city heights condo complex. right now investigators are interviewing witnesses to try and figure out how this happened. >> new this morning, power officials said that the blackout during the super
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bowl was caused by a faulty relay devices. here is video from the outage on february the third. the relay was installed to prevent cables and leading to the super dome from selling. the device has since been removed. the power company, energy new orleans, plans to install replacement equipment. the power filter cut supplies to about half of the stadium for 34 minutes and halted play on the big game. >> we will be right back. eat good fats.
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>> taking a live look at the bay bridge. the backup is still continuing. >> the drive time has improved but that is only part of the story. the shore freeway approach is 22 minutes. the approach from the macarthur mayes is running at 35 minutes. the mimic freeway has about a 20 minute drive time. if the traffic is backed up at 580. >> take a look at this. a high-speed chase in los angeles and is in a fairy crash. the the fiery crash. pole
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were pursuing a suspect the drug driver wednesday night that reached speeds of more than 100 mi. an hour. the car skidded out of control, slamming into a guard rail and burst into flames. police pulled the driver out of the car and had him rush to a hospital. his name and conditions have not been released. the chp are investigating the crash in the lapd is handling the criminal investigation. >> new this morning, the united states postal service is reporting a $1.3 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2012. that is an improvement from the same period in 2011, when they lost $3.3 billion. officials say that the improvement was due to extra mail during the month of november's election
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and stronger revenue from holiday packages. this announcement comes as u.s. ps plans to stop delivering mail on saturdays starting in august. the agency says it will save them $2 billion a year. >> officials at the mineta san jose international airport are urging city leaders to approve the proposed deal with google. google wants to build an aviation club but at the airport so that the company can land and maintain its corporate jets there. the profit will cost about $82 million it would be a big financial boon for the city of san jose. the airport itself would receive $2.6 billion a year in rent. >> we will be right back.
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>> welcome back. is still about the bay bridge. we have received some improvements. westbound 80 is still slow from central and the approach to the bridge is about 26 minutes. the macarthur mayes is about a 30 minute drive time. the traffic is backed up on 580 all the way through oakland. 880 northbound is also heavy with an accident report it. your alternate routes still look good if you want to use the san mateo bridge. they have an 11 minute drive time. if you use a golden gate bridge it is still pretty good. >> more now on our
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developing story out of southern california. a state wide manhunt is underway for christopher dorner, an ex caught suspected of killing three people including an officer. if this is a video out of big bear, where his vehicle was found burned. a new conference is expected at 9:00 a.m.. caawcasey wian hs details on the case and the search for dorner. >> we will keep working until we are able to locate him. we will have to determine whether not he is still in the big bear area. he threatened to hurt some
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way of officers. he allegedly laid out his plans stating that he never had the opportunity to have a family of his own so he is terminating theirs. >> he even tried to contact see in end. he had eight d b d where he stated that he never lied. he alsoad echoing that was wrapped in duct tape. >> the chances are is that if someone that says see in in is cooperating with authorities. they stated that they began on sunday when he killed at least two people. three days later in
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san diego they stated that he tried to hijack a boat and then thursday he fired at police who was assigned to protect him. later in riverside there were two officers who were fired a porn and it was considered to be something cowardly according to the police. they stated that these attacks will stop when they know the truth about my innocence. >> he stated what he would do in so far he has done it. >> people in the northeast are preparing for a storm that is expected to dump up to 3 ft. of snow from new york city to boston and be done today. on the left you concede shouts of a san
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stockpiles and san that is being loaded into dump trucks. people are also rushing to a hardware store is so they can pick up supplies like shovels. >> there is exactly what is happening. this is the conversion of two strong systems. there will be a cool and wet system that will be approaching from the south. they will run into each other and boston may accumulate up to 3 ft. of snow. a a lot rain and snow is coming together and the wind is on to be very strong. it will be of to 70 mi. per hour. we tbilisi these type of conditions associated with hurricanes.
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there is a winter storm warnings over everywhere. those a blizzard warnings are a direct result due to the snow that will be blowing. there will be coastal flooding just north of boston. >> this system is expected to be out of here by sunday. here in the bay area we just have light rain right now. it is tapering off. rain is not a big problem for the bay area. we saw a quarter of an inch within the past was to four hours. as we take a look pictures temperatures it is partisan 40's outside. it is 42 degrees currently in antioch. as we take the numbers into the afternoon which will have plenty of 50s to go round. you will see a another winter like condition for this afternoon. your kron 47 day
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around the bay forecast shows that we are just looking toward tilt a stretcher dry weather would sunshine as we head into the middle of next week are rise will be in the mid-60s. >> we're also watching gas prices this morning as california has gone over the $4 mark. although analysts say that we will not be reaching the $4.67 mark. the state average right now was a $4.10. we have not hit the $4 market in the bay area but we are getting close to it. in san francisco, there a $3.99, that is the buy 2¢ from yesterday. oakland is sitting at $3.92. san jose is at $3.95 a gallon,
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they're also about 2¢ from yesterday. >> starting tonight at 7:00 p.m.. a temporary single lane closure at the richmond san rafael bridge toll plaza will be in affect. the closure is taking place to allow caltrans to install a new automatic toll collection an account system. the closure will be in effect until monday morning at 5:00 a.m.. >> an alarm supposed to alert authorities to obstructions on the city's cable car line did not sound before a cable car get a metal object, and injured seven people. it happened wednesday morning as the car was heading downhill. milanese address the director says that pieces of paper in the past have set off the systems alarms, so it is not clear why the medal i did not do so. five of the injured people were taken to the hospital, one of them with a life-
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>> the time is a 20 5:00 a.m.. president obama is nominee for cia director, john brennan, face a tough questions in his confirmation hearing. protesters actually interrupted the hearing at
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one. perry ed brennan said the obama administration has never killed terror suspects when officials had the opportunity to capture them instead. he spoke about the administration's future use of drones. >> president obama released the administration's classified legal justification for the drone a policy to the senate. intelligence committee before brennan's hearing. >> a new poll out this
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morning shows new jersey governor chris christie's approval rating is slowing. it is now 73 percent. the majority of independents and democrats surveyed also approved of the job kristi is doing. while approval ratings of his hand a list of super storm sandy are high, the poll found voters were split on his handling of the economy. that is the issue most voters are concerned are right now. >> boeing is planning to start test flights soon of its 787 dream liner. the company says that this will shoallowed it to look at the in-flight performance of their plans batteries. the faa grounded the dream liner fleet last month because of issues with its batteries. boeing says that it is working round-the-clock to fix the problem so that the
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>> welcome back. the time as a 30 a.m.. we have been
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trackin the banow is 8:30 a.m..e have been tracking the bay bridge. this may be a tossup for youth if you use the san mateo bridge. if you have to go out of your way to take an alternate route then you probably are well off by just taking it out at the bay bridge. the worst approach right now is from interstate 80. here is part of the reason why. here is a live look at albany heading to golden gate fields. you can see that it is still backed up here. it is moving a little bit better but it is still sluggish. >> happy friday to you. these are the conditions right now and this sunday
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and called the side. pinta that afternoon we have partly cloudy skies. it will be dry with temperatures in the mid-50s. as we start the next work week i will start whalet you know what to expect. >> following our developing story out of southern california. the manhunt continues this morning for a former lapd officer accused of killing three people, one of them was a police officer. authorities say that christopher's dorner had threatened to target police officers to retaliate for being fired more than four years ago. the lapd says said there are doing all they can to insure the safety of their officers and their families. >> we trained him. he also
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was a member of armed forces. hiss' as strangely scary. this is especially to the police officers involved. the search is focused in the san bernadine mountains near the big bear ski resort because his car was, and there. at press conference will be held at 9:00 a.m. this morning with the latest. >> our other top stories that we are following this morning. the north east and storm affecting flies out of s f o this morning. hundreds of cancellations are already in place. kron4 will tran is lies. >> you concede that everything is canceled, canceled theive.
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>> you concede that some of these are canceled, cancel perry ed here is american airlines where people have received the word to avoid this area or to call ahead before they arrive. if this is video that race received about 15 minutes ago. there were so many people that were strained when they got to >> try to rebuild their flights. some of them were scheduled to take off sunday morning or sunday afternoon. there are lots of people scrambling to either be to storm before it bears down really heavy. there also tried to make plans of the need to do something else. earlier this morning i spoke with a few travelers. >> our connecting flight is chicago to montreal perry
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ed we were told that we need to get here so that we can get there. they then stated to us that it was canceled and now they're sending us here. >> back live in a basically breaks down to about 40 departures and 200 arrivals. if you are picking someone up you should call ahead just to make sure that that flight has even landed perry ed. you should definitely call ahead. >> right now we are talking about what is being called the storm of the season. a
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mass of blizzard is expected to bear down on the northeast today. here is a satellite look at the storm appear red tory dunnan has the latest from austin. >> we are expecting high winds and snow will be measured in feet. >> the earlier you are rise if the better chances for you. >> i was really tired but i would rather get out on time than to stay. >> passengers are lining up hoping to get out of time before the blizzard rise. in new york, the mayor is if that happens it happens. from new jersey to maine thousands of equipment is standing by. >> we are watching for the frigid conditions appear
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red this snow that is blowing this is getting right back on the rolls. if we are urging people to just pay off the streets and stay home. >> forecasters are stating that there are some similarities with the storm that happened in 1978. >> the 78 blizzard stalled for quite awhile. this storm looks like it may do the same perry ed maybe more than two to three days. >> there have been people going to hardware stores and a grocery stores. everyone has been advised to go home and to just ride the storm out. >> they are also cancelling all of the transportation in boston. the governor asks
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all of the residence to get off the roads by noon perry ed this will be a nightmare. we may see 25 to 30 in. of snow here in boston perez the bottom line is that it will be a very long day ahead. >> we will keep you posted as this develops on kron 4 morning news. the time is 8:37 a.m.. we're also looking at our local traffic. there is still a hot spot on the bay bridge that is calling for a backup. this is the slowing traffic. we will be right back. back. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched.
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and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. rethink possible. >> you are watching kron 4 urs 24-7 bay area news channel. i am darya folsom. here are the top stories that we are following. >> authorities remain on high alert this morning as the search continues for christopher dorner. he has the formal loss angeles police officer who is suspected of killing three people and what is being described as a violent
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vendetta against l.a. police. the search is happening in december in the no mountains after his board pickup truck was gone. this morning swat teams have been walking through their area near the big beer ski resort, searching for him. >> a 24 year-old woman has died after she fell from an 11th floor balcony. this happens from 3:00 a.m. at the sast. james street in san pedro in downtown san jose. the corner has removed her body. investigators are interviewing witnesses to try to figure out how this happened. >> travelers out of s f o can expect delays and cancellations today. that is because a massive storm is expected to hit the northeast today and last until tomorrow. sfo has already cancelled a total of 55 are arriving and departing flights. the airport must affected
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include new new work liberty, jfk, and low international. >> we have new informational in what may have caused the super bowl blackout. at power companies as the outage was caused by faulty device used to prevent cables that lead to the super dome from felling. the device has since been removed and the company officials plan to install and replace it. >> those were the top stories. >> >> welcome back. then ntsb is looking at expanding the recall of the pontiac gmc six midsize cars so now it includes up to 550,000 vehicles. general motors recalled about 8000 cars in 2009 because the break
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lights and cruise control did not work properly. now the federal agency says that their study is tried to show whether cars from 2005 through 2009 model years should have been added to the recall. there have been no crashes or injuries reported from this problem. >> the bush family e-mail accounts have been hacked. the secret service is investigating the publication of bush's family e-mail's and photographs. a spokesman for former president george h. w. bush said that the criminal investigation is underway and there is " not much else to say. " >> we will be right back. \
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about 15 minutes with the latest. >> here is a live look at the bridge perry e. >> you can see just how far the backup is reaching perry ed >> this is that the golden gate fields. this is where the back up to the bay bridge begins in the westbound direction. if you concede that the traffic is a jam and all the lanes. the slow lane will last all the way to university ave. if you will get a short break. are around the corner at the berkeley curb the backup is running at about 20 minutes. you have to get through the slow traffic first. the hague 80 approach
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has improved and it is no longer backed up over to the toll plaza. the ride here is pretty good. out of the macarthur mayes the traffic is still backed up right to the foot of the macarthur mayes. >> the drive time is because between 20 to 30 minute. they're not as high so you do not have to worry about an alternate route unless you are close to the san mateo bridge. the conditions are still just a 10 to 11 minute drive time. for your ride on highway 1 01 at the golden gate bridge we are nnow at this time we was see the traffic is high. it is just sluggish from north to the toll plaza. it is a nicer day developing will
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not get whether check. >> we are saying the sunshine and storm tracker 4 is not shown as much. the showers or on here and we will just have partly cloudy skies. we are still dealing with freezing temperatures. here is low 40's and concord and 45 degrees currently in oakland. as we go into afternoon there will be plenty of 50s developing perry ed the temperatures will still be on the cool side. it will be mid '50s for redwood city. as we turn our attention to the city it will be 54 for danville. it will be mid '50s for downtown san francisco. overall, it will be a dry day perry ed we will only continue to warm things up as we get into the weekend. >> satellite and radar shows that this has pushed its way
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south and we are not seen any rain. it looks like we will continue with the dry conditions throughout the day and the 7 day around the bay highlights the weekend for saturday and sunday that the weather will be nice. your inland lows will be cooler. morning frost also may be a condition. as we start the next work with the temperatures will increase. it will feel like spring once again with the mid 60's. >> a vigil will be held tonight for a 13 year-old genelle conwayallan the teen who was found dead in a fairfield park last week. police in fairfield are working with the authorities to investigate whether the case of this team could be
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linked to another murder case from last year. the body of jessica funk haslam was discovered in apart in rows my nearly a year ago. this was 50 mi. away from the fairfield park where genelle was found. now, investigators with the sacramento county sheriff's department have a tax fairfield police to share information, in case there is a connection between the two crimes. the visual this tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the weird part in fairfield. >> three men are wanted in connection with the armed home invasion robberies in pleasanton hill. this is surveillance video from a neighbor. the two victims said that the suspects part of their white chevy suburban or trailblazer in front of a driveway on the
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1600 block of when the drive it around 11:30 p.m. yesterday. then all three men jumped out and hopped this assembled into the garage from the backyard. one of the victims went to his car to grab something when he was pistol whipped in the head. all three suspects had guns. the suspects took $30,000 worth of stuff. a laptop, clothes, jewelry and money. >> residents as san francisco's mission district are on alert after a pair of brutal attacks against women. if police said that the victims were not rob or rape, just punched and beaten. the first incident happened on january 26th o 23rd on 23rd street near san
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jose avenue. the second happened february the second on barr let near 22nd. old women suffered fatal injuries. police have not yet released sketches of possible suspects. >> ski goggles that can make you a you to startyoutube star., the data that can help improve your golf game. rich demuro has more from at&t universal studio. >> everyone wants to assure their activities. >> when the snow melts you can do this pitcher with your golf swing. this since real-time data write to your smart phone.
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>> you actually get to see your swing from two different angles. you can push this. these goggles can even stream flows to your friends. all you have to do is press this button. if you want to learn more just follow this link. >> here is a live look from san francisco perry e. a program reminder for you to catch dr. phil at the the kron 4 morning news at 10:00 a.m.. adman and his wife say that they sleep with a gun because his mother hates his wife. can dr. phil, the storm between the in-laws?
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>> welcome back the time is 8:55 a.m. perry ed americans are spending big this valentine's day. a new survey finds americans will spend $18.6 billion on valentine's day gifts this year. men will spend twice as much as women. the national retail federation fines shoppers will spend about $131 on valentine's day gifts. that is up $5 from the last year. americans will spend 1.6 billion on candy, 1.9 million on flowers, and 4.4 billion on jury.jewelry. >> still ahead on kron 4
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morning news at 9:00 a.m.. the manhunt continues this morning for christopher dorner. the ex lapd cop who is suspected of killing a couple last sunday, and an officer. we are waiting for news conference on the investigation and the search in a couple of minutes. >> we now know what caused the power outage on the super bowl sunday. we will have the update for you. >> the snow keeps falling in the north east, we have just learned all boston residents are being asked to get off to roads, we will have a live report on flight cancellations at s.f. o.
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>> our breaking news story that we are following this friday, february the eighth. off the manhunt for a former l.a. cop who is suspected of killing three people continues this morning. >> we do have a live shot
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right now. they have research error in the mountain spirit >> of board is remained on high alert this morning as they continue to search for christopher the dorner, the former cop accused and a string of shootings and the loss angeles area. the latest update on the search, it has continued into the san bernadine and mountains. swat teams have been walking the area near the big bear ski resort, searching for the former lapd officer. he is suspected of killing three people in what is being described as a violent vendetta against lapd. >> we have san quite an improvement at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is still slow. here is a shot if you look closely at a 880
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approach. this is almost completely cleared and things have opened up a part of the toll plaza. earlier this morning it looked like it would be backed up to 9:00 a.m.. what it has to improve it is still quite slow on the east shore freeway. this is interstate 80 coming past golden gate fields. we are an albany looking at the westbound direction. here is the east shore freeway and it is still red showing coming down from central. there's still some slow traffic on 24 and 580 in the westbound direction. the drive time is running from 19 to 26 minutes. >> here is the golden gate
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bridge and we're already passed the peak of traffic. >> this is the view of the golden gate bridge and you concede that it is shaping up. the skies are clearing. we did deal with some lingering showers this morning perry ed it will be dry conditions for this afternoon perry ed as we head into afternoon it will start to want to the '60s. this will also continue as we go into the next work week. i will have your full forecast coming up. >> right now we are talking about what is then called the storm of the season. and mass of blizzard is expected to bear down on the northeast today. 23 million people or under a blizzard warning. boston could get up to 3 ft. of snow, while new york city is expected since
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the 14 in.. off to the south, philadelphia was looking at a possible to the 5 in.. the snow calotte some residents indoors for days, as the forecast calls for a potentially historic winter storm. the warnings are sending people to stores to stock up on their essentials. >> the east coast on could affect your flight out of s f o this morning. hundreds of cancellations are expected. we have will tran live at sfo with more. >> here are american airlines at the ticket counter has not a lot of people here. they're not here because they're getting ready for the afternoon flights. so far, the connecting flights are okay but once you get to dallas
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and some of the other places they could be stranded. there is a lot going on we are monitoring that. i will give you an updated 9:30 a.m.. >> new overnight out of san jose. a 24 year-old woman is dead after she fell from a high rise building. fifth this happened around 3:00 at the st. in gang street. the corner has removed her body from the scene. the woman fell from an 11th floor balcony at the city heights condo complex. right now investigators are interviewing witnesses to try and figure out how this happened. >> and they finally figured
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it out perry ed power officials are announcing the cause of sunday's out this on the super bowl. the power company, energy and a new orleans, plans to install replacement equipment. the power failure cut lights to about half of the stadium for 34 minutes and how to play during the big game. >> we are still waiting for the press conference. >> we do have some information that stated that he may not be in the bee big bear area any longer. >> good morning. we are
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continuing the search for the suspect. we have searched all night and we have now recovered anything new. we have not recovered him and we are continuing to search on the mountains where his car was found. we have over 100 officers through southern california who are assisting us. we are continuing to provide it as much security as possible so the residents can be saved. we want to make sure that the deputies are say it as well as the community. we will continue to search weather and not the enemy has left the area. we do not have any evidence to suggest that he is still here or not. >> there has been time to
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get out here but we have not found any information that he is still here. we put our swat dies as well as our armored personnel on the mountains. we have searched the entire area within this proximity. i cannot tell you the number home set we have searched. we have no evidence that this point. we did have some reporting sightings but we could not lead this down. the schools are closed today and we were prepared to put police officers said every school. but the school district
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decided to close because of this and the weather. >> do you have any new evidence of the person's car? >> we are continuing to search the car and it is being processed and riverside. we have not found anything yet in the car we are still searching. i had this conversation with my people before they went out. if this man is extremely dangerous. we have the right equipment here. i just got off telephone with congressman's and he is willing to do what he can perez the fbi and everyone
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is working with us. we are working side by side to solve this. >> we do not have any more information on that. we want to make sure that he is not fighting out in any of the cabins and the are up there.
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once we find this out we will evaluate what we will do next. we are continuing to search where his car was located. there is no process he was driving a white lexus perry ed we are not able to use our helicopters due to the weather.
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with salt tracks from his car and we did this follow them in the forest. we have not found any new information. do you believe that the tracks and that you found was his? >> yes. >> we followed the tracks until we lost them. >> are people still on edge? >> yes perry e. i told you once before that our primary concern was to make sure that the people in this community are safe. if we have additional researchers here. we are doing everything that we can to
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make everyone feel safe. >> we have over 100 officers who are working on this case. our people are trained to deal with situations like this. this business is not always safe. this is what we are trained for. thank you very much. >> that was the latest for the search for him. we will
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continue to give you the latest perry ed it doesn't sing that there is any thing positive. they're not even sure if he is still in the area. >> we will be right back.
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>> welcome back. the time is 9:16 a.m.. we have been tracking the bay bridge. this was due to a motorcycle accident that happened in the 6:00 hour. why we had same big improvements as you can see there has not been much of a backup left for 880 perry e. the drive time is running from 18 to 26 minutes. the our approaches are still quite heavy. he even get into the bay bridge was still taking some time. here is a look at the ride on in a state 80 at the golden day field. the traffic here in the fez plan is still slow. this is why the
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traffic is still moving there. the bay bridge the lines are active to 10:00 a.m.. the rest of the lanes are still quite slow. you might say that this is the beginning of the bay bridge but here we are. 580 is still slow coming in from highway 24. it is not backed up to the bay bridge is just a traffic from the shore freeway. those are backups that are not related to the bay bridge. >> looking at the san mateo bridge it was a good alternate route. they have no problems perry ed the golden gate bridge is still great but there is a problem on the richmond san rafael bridge. this is no longer a option for you to head this way. few are better off on
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an estate 80 or sticking with the shore freeway. >> taking a look guess storm tracker 4 is not lit up. some of this weather has tapered off. we will not see too much in terms of rain fall. it has been a chilly start for the morning. we're still building went up a partisan napa in daly city. it is mid 40's for your e shore freeway. your afternoon highs will be mild once again. mid-50s for the peninsula and cupertino. the inland valley's will be looking at mid '50s and 534 livermore. 4 livermore. satelld
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radar shows that the system has pushed to the south of us and we do not have any more wet weather headed our way. we are expecting plenty of sunshine for the weekend and next work week. we will give back into the mid 60's by mid-week. >> we celebrate chinese new year in fact to stay. keeping up with the tradition perry e. the village project is proud to present the second animal marty grok san francisco stock fat tuesday. it and close the
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street artists and the celebration starts with a free blues concert. this will be at the fillmore plaza. the monte brough masquerade ball will be for $35 or $60 for couples. you can also get a wristband as well. you can purchase them at the village project website. >> (music) >> and this is the rehearsal for all pro perry ed this is inspired by a poet during the spanish civil war. opera, rise and visual arts and singing. if you like contemporary opera than you might want to check this out. the tickets are 35
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to $85. >> last but not least, they will be celebrating chinese new year with free even some sunday. they will bring in the year with snakes. kids can also take part in lantern making and coloring. the celebrations will be sunday from 11 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. perry ed there was also the lot of food and raffles. >> we will be right back in just a few minutes.
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>> president obama as a nominee for cia director, john brennan, face tough questions at his confirmation hearing about u.s. convert activities perry at protesters actually interrupted that hearing at one point. brennan said the the obama administration has never killed off terror suspects when officials had the opportunity to capture them instead. he spoke about the administration's future use of drones. >> we will be thoroughly anchored in securities and we will have the appropriate at process before any action is complicatcomplicated..
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>> president obama released the administration's classified legal justification for the drone policy to the senate intelligence committee before brennan's hearing. >> boeing is planning to start test flights soon for the 787 dream liner. the company says that this will allow it to look at the in- flight performance of the airplanes batteries. the faa grounded the dream liner fleet last month because of the issues. boeing says that they are working round-the- clock to fix the problems. >> we're also watching gas prices this morning as california has gone over the $4 mark. although analysts say that we will not be reaching the $4.67 since march that we did last october. the state average
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right now is at $4.10 for a regular gallon of gas. >> americans are spending big this valentine's day. a new survey finds the americans will spend $18.6 billion on valentine's day gifts this year. men will spend twice as much as women. the national retail federation finds that shoppers will spend about $131 on valentine's day gifts. that is up $5 from last year. americans will spend 1.6 billion on candy, 1.9 billion on flowers, and 4.4 billion on jewelry. >> we will be right back. >> we will be right back. well, well, well.
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>> it is 9:30 a.m.. we are updating the hot spot for nearly three hours the bay
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bridge. we are starting to see some big improvements at the toll plaza. the approaches are still quite heavy. you can now see the end of the backup and the toll plaza. here is our arrive from interstate 80 westbound. this was let's check in bumper-to-bumper perry ed you consider that it improved at golden gate fields. this will still be sluggish through berkeley as you head to downtown university. i am tracking a new spot. an accident is at university avenue that is backing up the traffic. you can use middlefield or 82 leisure alternate. >> following our developing story out of southern california. san bernadine know, officials are updating
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the status of the man hub for christopher dorner. the former lapd officer accused in a string of shootings and the l.a. area. san bernadine accommodate finishing up a press conference this morning just moments ago. sure of john mcmahon has the latest details on the search for him. >> we searched all night and we have not located anything new. we are continuing our search in the area and on the mountain where the truck was found. we stockstill have about 100 officers out looking for him perry ed our commitment is to make sure that the deputies are safe as well as the community perry ed we will continue to search until we discover that he has left the mountains or if we find him. >> stay with kron4 as we
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follow the latest developments in the manhunt for christopher dorner. we will have constant updates on our web site, kron4.com, as well as our facebook page and twitter feeds. >> right now we are talking about what is being called the storm of the season. a mass of a blizzard is expected to bear down the north east today. here is a set a live look at the storm. tory dunnan has the latest from boston. >> passengers are lining up
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hoping to get out of town before the blizzard this then. in new york, the mayor is optimistic. >> from new jersey to maine thousands of the equipment is standing by. >> we are watching as the frigid cold temperatures come through. we have a really prolong test ahead of us. >> earlier this week to the region mark the 33 anniversary of the deadly blizzard of 1978. researchers say that there is some type of similarity perry ed on the outcome will not be as quiet of dramatic. >> instead of stalling for to the three day as it may
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be something that may happen within 12 to 24 hours perry ed >> if you have to prepare, we have a lot of people going to hardware stores and they are being advised to go home and ride the storm out. >> all of the public transportation will stop and the governor in boston hacks for them to get off paroled by noon. we are told that we could see 25 to 30 in. of snow here in boston. the bottom line is that we have to move one day ahead. >> in northeastern storm could affect your flight at s f o. we have will tran live at s.f. o with more. >> these are slides
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pertaining to the morning and afternoon. it is as 67 flights as of right now perry e. boston has also canceld flights. are rivals have also been affected perry ed here is video that we saw earlier were some people were showing up not knowing that their flights were not taken off. they had to get into this we book in line to see if they can get on a different slide for tomorrow or early saturday morning. i had reactions from some travelers. >> i am here to see if i can move a little bit earlier than sunday night. i have to
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be to work at 9:00 a.m. on monday. it will be a little bit tight. >> here is the arrival board that they have these cancellations shown on the board. the best advice is for you to call ahead before you even come to the airport. >> and actually pays are starting to pick up. there are breaks of sunshine that are showing perry ed we are expecting partly cloudy conditions. the temperatures will be getting up to the '50s. the evenings we are expecting it to clear inside. we do have your full forecast coming up. >> we will take a quick break. we will be right back.
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>> welcome back. take a look at this. if a high-speed chase in los angeles is in a fiery crash. if police were pursuing a suspect a drunk driver when is the ninth there reach speeds of more than 100 mi. per hour. the car skidded out of control, slamming into a guardrail and burst into flames. police pulled the driver out of the car and had him rushed to hospital. his name in condition has not been released. the chp are investigating the crash and the lapd is handling the criminal investigation. >> an alarm supposed to alert authorities to obstructions on the city's cable car line did not sound before a cable car hit a metal object, injuring seven people. it happened
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wednesday morning as the car was heading downhill. munis antwrens the director says that the pieces of paper in the past have set off the systems alarms, so it is not clear why the metal object did not do so. five of the injured people were taken to hospital, one of the an with life-threatening injuries. >> new this morning, the u.s. postal service is reporting a $1.3 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2012. that is an improvement from the same period in 2011, when they lost $3.3 billion. officials say that the improvement was due to extra mail during the november election and stronger revenue from holiday packages. this announcement comes as u.s. ps plans to stop delivering mail on saturdays starting in august. the agency says that it will save them $2 billion a year. >> the bush's family e-mail
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accounts have been had. if the secret service is investigating the publication of bush's family e-mail's and photographs. a spokesman for former president george h. w. bush said that the criminal investigation is underway and there is " not much else to say. " >> coming up next, a another update on a massive manhunt for an ex l.a. cop wanted for murder. we will be right back. [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t.
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southern california. san bernadine and coming officials are updating the status of the manhunt for christopher andorner, finishing up a press conference about a half an hour ago. dorner is a former lapd officer who is accused in a string of shootings in the loss angeles area. sheriff john mcmahon has the latest details on the search for him. >> we are working side by side to solve this perry ed we continue to drive around the neighborhood. we did not go door to door but we did continue to go everywhere. >> the time now was 9:45 a.m. perry ed >> we are actually tracking a couple of new hot spots.
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we still have delays or palo alto. this is on 1 01 southbound of menlo park. there is an accident at university that is even affecting the northbound ride. this is a late hot spot and a late delay. one of alternate routes to the bay bridge was the richmond center fell bridge. here is a look that the slowing coming from the toll plaza. there is an accident that was in the left leg that has been clear to the shoulder. there was an accident that dow backed up so badly when the motorcycle was blocked. banks are starting to get back to normal not only here but there also laid delays on the upper east shore freeway. we have seen steady improvements because finally these approaches are thinning out. the drive time his return to normal.
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>> the san mateo bridge is still an easy ride with no delays. they're still at 11 minutes. the golden gate bridge has been a problem for even though they had extra traffic due to the bay bridge. they have opened up a third lane northbound. >> taking a look guess storm tracker for most of the wet weather has tapered off. we just have cloudy conditions right now. as for tomorrow it will be sunny and warm. the highs will get back into the '60s. we will continue to fill this as we go into the next work week. we are still clinging to the partisan daly city perry ed it is 42 right now in richmond and vallejo. it is about 44 degrees in san jose. we are expecting the conditions to be mild and some sunshine. >> palo alto as well as
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cupertino are looking at mid-50s. it will be 53 for livermore and walnut creek. mid-50s for the shore freeway perry ed it will be 53 for ocean beach and 64 in santa rosa. as we take a look at the 7 day around the bay we will warm-up and we will see plenty of sunshine for the weekend. we do have a another cool temperatures for the morning. >> bay area headlines, a visual will be held tonight for a 13 year-old genelle
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conway-allan. the teen who was found dead in fairfield park last week. police center phil are working with the authorities to investigate whether the case isn't related to a murder that happened last year. the body of jessica funk haslam was discovered in a park in rosemont nearly a year ago. 50 mi. away from where fairfield part is. investigators with the sacramento county sheriff's department have x fairfield police to share their information, if at case there's a connection between the two crimes. >> three men are wanted in connection with an arm home invasion robbery in pleasant hill. if this a surveillance video from a neighbor. the two victims say that the suspects park their white chevy suburban or trailblazer in front of a
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dry wit and the 1600 block of when the dry earth at around 11 to 30 a.m. yesterday morning. one of the victims went to his car to grab something when he was pistol whip and the head. all three suspects had guns. the suspects took about $30,000 worth of stuff. >> residents in san francisco's mission district are on alert after repair are brutal attacks against women. if police said that the victims were not robbed or raped, just punched and beaten. the first incident happened on january 26th on the 23rd street near san jose avenue. both women police have not released sketches of possible suspects, but they continued to investigate. >> we will not take a quick break, but first tier is a
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quickly than nature intended. researchers say that it is caused by people who spent too many hours with their heads bent down looking at their gadgets perry e., forest tech reporter e slate shares of the warnings that doctors one all gadget users to here. >> this is believed that smart phone tablets can cause facial skin and muscles to louis. this is simple because gravity is working against us. the more our faces are bent over the more its premistart sagging perry ed this has been called smart phone face. i
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know this sounds silly but when you think about it sounds ok perry --. everyone has their heads down looking at their phones or their tablets. people are not aware of their surroundings because they are looking down all the time perry ed >>e. >> if he saw someone doing this up the mall or in your office you are not they get that old they are preventing their skin from drooping. you would just say that this looks strange. sagging skin is a bummer. >> this doctor stated that he has seen a surge of patients with neck problems. >> when you are looking at your cell phone or your ipad
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you will feel that tension in your neck. while this has become an have been the ideal is for you to take a break for about 15 minutes so you can stretch. use a step away from your gadgets. >> officials at the manassas san jose international airport are urging city leaders to approve a proposed deal with google. google wants to build an aviation hub at the airport so that the company can land and maintain its corporate jets there perry ed the project will cost about $82 million and would
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be a big financial boon for the state of san jose. the airport itself would receive $2.6 million a year in rent. >> we want you to stay with kron 4 as we follow the latest developments in the manhunt for christopher dorner. we will have constant updates on our web site,kron4 kron4.com as well as our facebook page and twitter feeds. >> thank you for watching.

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